Breathing Rooms

Plant Therapy At Its Best - Woman doing yoga near plants

Breathe…

When you’re thinking about creating a perfect studio, meeting space, or office for your clients, or space in your home you’re going to be taking a lot of things into consideration: lighting, design, ambiance. But have you considered plants?

Plants have lots of amazing benefits independent of yoga, but those benefits can add a lot to a home, studio or office: they increase mood, they can help heal the body (really!), and some plants can also clean the air, which can make a pretty big difference in how people feel as they practice in your studio.

Plant Therapy At Its Best

  • Increase humidity which will help reduce viruses’ lifespan on surfaces and in the air, this also supports respiratory health

  • Clean the air of VOC’s

  • Flood the room with UV light. With the proper yet inexpensive plant lights, flood the room with UV rays which help kill viruses on surfaces and in the air.

  • Release phytoncides, “essential oils” that boost our immune system by 40% and reduce stress hormones

  • Produce negative ions clinging to dust and other microscopic item floating in the air adding weight and remove the items from the air

Enjoy the benefits in your own breathing room

A woman watering plants on a table in a room filled with greenery.
Woman practicing yoga in a lunge pose surrounded by indoor plants in a bright room.
Woman in white outfit dancing near large indoor plants
A person meditating indoors next to indoor plants and a bookshelf.
Indoor plants in pots with decorative shelving
Indoor dining area with a wooden table, surrounded by numerous houseplants on shelves and stands, and white curtains framing a window.
A wicker chair with an ornate design is surrounded by lush green plants. The chair has a patterned green and white cushion. In front of the chair, there is a glass-topped metal table holding decorative items. The scene is set in an outdoor or garden setting.
Indoor gardening space with potted plants, shelves, and gardening tools
Bright room with large windows overlooking a garden, decorated with various indoor plants, a colorful rug, and hanging decorations.
Indoor space with various potted plants and natural light coming from windows.
Modern dining room with a table and chairs, featuring a vertical garden on the wall with various green plants.
Woman sitting in a cozy living area with a brick wall backdrop, indoor plants, a wooden table, and cushions. A vase with yellow flowers is on the table. The ambiance is warm and inviting.
Potted plant with smiley face on table by window

We’re happy to help with your Breathing Room Design!

A few things to note before we get into specific indoor plants. Generally, leafy plants are more effective in air purification. A quick example: ferns have a better surface area, which is important in air purification. Ferns have ruffled leaves, which increase the surface area available for gas conversion. The many small leaves also contribute to increasing the surface area. Ask us about plants you might need to consider for your wellness studio, yoga studio, or office space.

Indoor scene with potted plants and a lit aroma diffuser on a shelf; blurred foreground shows vegetables and herbs.

Indoor Air Pollutants & Air Purifiers

Indoor air pollutants, such as carbon dioxide, benzene, and formaldehyde are classified as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. VOCs come from building materials, home, and personal care products and behaviors like smoking, cooking, or wood-burning stoves. Being carbon-based chemicals, VOCs are notorious for causing or exacerbating, health problems, especially in children and adults with existing respiratory illnesses.2

A number of people who have COPD use air purifying systems with HEPA filters to purify the air they breathe indoors. While air cleaning systems like these may remove some toxins from the air, they don't remove all of them. In fact, certain types actually raise indoor ozone concentrations above well-established safety levels.

Person sitting inside a traditional Japanese room with shoji screens, looking out at a garden with colorful autumn trees.

Improve your Immune system & decrease your stress

Japan has been doing extensive research on how plants affect our immune systems and stress levels. Dr Qing Li Editor and contributor of Forest Medicine, has published research showing that not only do plants clean the air but can suppress disease.

The humidity released in the air by plants helps protect us from respiratory problems, coughs, and sore throats. The negative ions produced bond with and remove, dust particles, mould, bacteria and allergens.

Essential oils containing phytoncides from the trees such as Hinoki Cypress Boosts the immune system by 40%, fight fatigue, relieves tension, relieves anxiety and improves concentration.